Eurocopter EC135 Selected for Turkish EMS Operations

The Turkish Ministry of Health’s air ambulance service will feature a fleet of Eurocopter EC135s, after THK Gokcen Aviation selected the twin-engine rotorcraft to begin operations in August.

EC135 in flight. Photos courtesy of Eurocopter

THK Gokcen Aviation, the commercial arm of the Turkish Aeronautical Association, will initially receive five EC135s, followed by a build-up to a fleet of 17 EC135s.

Left to Right: Unsal Ban, Rector of the University OF THK-Aeronautics & Astronautics, F. Volkan Yilmazer, general manager of THK Gokcen Aviation, Osman Yildirim, president of THK and vice president of FAI, and Luisa Alberti, Marquard Heimhofer, Peter Feyerabend and Reiner Heimbach with Eurocopter